"The other 90% of the iceberg we saw with the last album. I think the brutal honesty of past mistakes are evident in the dark melodies and chord structures, but a sense of optimism can be felt in some of the lyrics, like "Everything I Have Is In Front Of Me" from "Smoke and Mirrors".
Mark Thomas Kluepfel

"Most of the record was written on tour in the back of our death cart (van) on my laptop, twice, to be specific. The first set of songs was written on my previous laptop, which was stolen along with everything else I owned, after a show in Chicago. That left me to reconstruct as much as possible, and in some cases, start over."
Mark Thomas Kluepfel